USA Today 2022 02 02 - Crossword Answers

Clue	Answer
Barrettes, for example	CLIPS
Apt rhyme for 'sop'	MOP
As a reply	INRESPONSE
BIBLICAL GARDEN	EDEN
Billion-year period	EON
Albert Sabin developed a vaccine for it	POLIO
Art ___ (design style)	DECO
Accepts a proposal	SAYSYES
BETTERS	IMPROVESON
A SINGLE TIME	ONCE
Completely merited	RICHLYDESERVED
Complimentary poem	ODE
PART OF TGIF	ITS
Early cut of a song	DEMO
RIPPED	TORE
'Is butter a ___?' ('Mean Girls' quote)	CARB
It offers perks for purchasing	REWARDSCARD
'Insecure' star Issa	RAE
'Sure, sure, sure'	IBET
'Stop it!'	DONT
'Now you ___, now you don't'	SEEME
Like a hand-me-down	USED
'Easy on Me' singer	ADELE
Document signed to protect secrets (Abbr.)	NDA
Eagle or albatross	BIRD
Instructions beginning	STEPONE
It may be offered alongside medical and vision	DENTAL
Order more of a subscription	RENEW
Paleo or keto, for example	DIET
SKETCHED	DRAWN
Part of a journey or a table	LEG
RESIDE	DWELL
Meskwaki Nation's state	IOWA
Phonetic shortening of 'nonbinary'	ENBY
Portable piece of hotel furniture	ROLLAWAYBED
Sauce for patatas bravas	AIOLI
PRETEND	PLAYACT
FIBBED	LIED
Time for gifts, for short	BDAY
SUBSIDE	EBB
Name found in 'whole grain'	OLEG
LOOK OF SCORN	SNEER
SOURCE OF MILK	YAK
STITCH	SEW
GLOOMY	DOUR
ERUPT	SPEW
Title for a Knight Grand Cross	SIR
Tube for an underwater diver	AIRHOSE
Word before 'Villa' or 'Martin'	ASTON
___ rule (in general)	ASA
TEENY	WEE
Talmud language	HEBREW
LEBANESE TREES	CEDARS
LAPTOP BRAND	ACER
SAUNA GARMENT	ROBE
USES A SWIZZLE STICK	STIRS
TEA, IN MANDARIN	CHA
SIMPLE SHIRT	TEE
Suggestion from an expert	PROTIP
OPPOSITE OF POST-	PRE
LUCKNOW'S COUNTRY	INDIA
___ DIEGO	SAN
TOP OF A MOUNTAIN	PEAK
___ out (dwindle)	PETER
UNHAPPINESS	MISERY

Barrettes, for example

CLIPS

Apt rhyme for 'sop'

MOP

As a reply

INRESPONSE

BIBLICAL GARDEN

EDEN

Billion-year period

EON

Albert Sabin developed a vaccine for it

POLIO